Locomotive-terminal foe railway systems



S. OTIS.

LOCOMOT|VE TERMINAL FOR RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I0, I921.

1,3 7, 3, Patented Aug. 16,1921.

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S. OTIS.

LOCOMOTIVE TERMINAL FOR RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 10, 1921- Patented Aug. 16, 1921.:

S. OTIS.

LOCOMOTIVE TERMINAL FOR RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1921.

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' LOCOMUTIVE TERMINAL FOR RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1921.

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SPENCER OTIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOCOMOTIVE-TERIMINAL FOR RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

Application filed June 10, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER OTIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locomotive-Terminals for Railway Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to termlnals in which the locomotives in use in a railway system are received and put into condition for service.

One object of the invention is to provide a terminal into which all of the locomotives of a system which may require attention at any one time may be accommodated, and to and from which the locomotives may be moved under their own power by continuous movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a terminal of the kind stated which will permit locomotives to be routed through the terminal in continuous movementand pass therefrom to either of a plurallty of main tracks.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a terminal of the kind stated in which materials may be passed to or from the locomotives in the stations.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a terminal of the kind stated in which wheels or other heavy parts of railway rolling stock, such, for instance, as locomotives or their tenders, may be removed and replaced from any one of several tracks in the terminal, and from any one of a plurality of points on any track thereof, and conveyed to or from a station remote from the position of removal from the roll ng stock from which they are taken or to whlch they are returned.

Two embodiments of the invent on are shown in the accompanying drawings by way of illustration. In said draw1ngs Figures 1 to 5 represent one embodiment of the. invention, Fig. 1 being a plan view of the terminal; Fig. 2 being a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 being a section taken on the line 3 3 of 1; Fig. 1 being a section taken on the line 4 l of Fig. 2; Fig. l being a detailview of a portion of Fig. 4; and Fig. 5 being a section taken on the line 55f of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a modlfied Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16-, 1921.

Serial No. 476,429.

to receive and treat a locomotive from said a main tracks. Surrounding the terminal house 2 and connected with the tracks 1 is a belt track 3, and this belt track is connected with both sides of the house 2 by means of spur tracks 4 which are preferably less in number than the stations 2 in the house 2, and are subdivided into branches 4 to adapt them to deliver a locomotive to any one of the stations 2 in the house.

5 and 6 represent spur tracks leading from the belt track 3 to stations 5* and 6 equipped to receive materials, such as coal and sand, required for supplying locomotives in the stations 2. 7 represents a spur track connected with the belt track 3 which is adapted to receive refuse from locomotives at the stat ons 2; and 8 represents a spur track leading to a wheel house 9.

The house 2 has tracks leading from both sides thereof so that a locomotive coming from either of the main tracks 1 onto the belt track 3 can be delivered to any stall or station in the terminal house, there to be given such treatment as will restore it to service condition, and it may depart from the house in the same direction of travel and without interference with or delay by another locomotive that maybe upon a spur t "ack behind it.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the station 6 for receiving supplies is connected by an elevator 10 with a hopper 11 that delivers to a distributing car 12 running above all of the stations 2 in the house 2' adapted to maintain coal'supply, and a series of hoppers 13 located to deliver their contents into the locomotive tenders standing in the respective stations. Similarly, some means will preferably be employed for delivering sand or other material to each locomotive in a station of a terminal house, as, for instance, by providing a hopper 1 1 over each station, and which may in turn be kept filled by a suitable conveyor mechanism running from the station 6. Material conveyed away over the spur track 7 is delivered at a station 15 by any suitable conveying means communicating with each of the stations 2, as, for instance, the endless conveyer 16 running in an ash tunnel 1? beneath all of the stations, and with which each station communicates through the medium of ash chutes 18.

The wheel house 9 may communicate with the several locomotive stations in the house 2 through the medium of the two independent wheel tunnels 19 and 20, one of which extends beneath the stations 2 in position to receive and return wheels or other heavy parts while the locomotive'and tender is in the forward compartment of the station, while the other is in position to serve the tender when in the fire drawing and recoaling compartment. In the wheel. tunnels 19 and 20, as shown in Fig. 2, are located wheel lifts 21, 22 mounted on trucks so that after being elevated to receive or deliver a wheel, truclr, or the lilre, and being lowered again, they may travel through their tunnels to the wheel house. It is preferred, however, to make the wheel tunnel 19 in the form of a wheel pit or basement and of a capacity that extends longitudinally of the station tracks in the terminal a distance equal to the entire wheel base of the locomotive and tender, so that any wheel is rendered accessible, and it is made to extend transversely of the station so that wheels may be reached on. any one of the numerous tracks of the station. In this arrangement the wheel lift located therein will be mounted on plain wheels rendered capable of traversing a smooth surface in any direction by steering wheels so that it may be brought under any pair of wheels to be removed, as well as driven out to the wheel house and back. Each station 2 in addition to being equipped with the usual track rails will have its individual track pit 2 and, as shown in Fig. P, these track pits com municate with the wheel pit through door hatches 19 arranged in series longitudinally of the track pits, so that while normally each track pit has a closed bottom, it can be opened at any point in its length to communicate with the wheel pit. Any suit able construction of lifts may be employed. The lift 21 in the tunnel 19 has the general outline of a screw lift, while the lift 22 in tunnel 20 is in the nature of a hydraulic ram. The manner of traversing a wheel lift in its tunnel between the wheel house 9 and any one of the stations 2 will be understood upon reference to Fig. 4:, which is a section in a vertical plane extending longitudinally of one of the wheel tunnels.

In the terminal house 2 any lesired apparatus for treating a locomotive may be provided. For instance, as shown in Fig. 2, a

group of pipes 23 is provided for supplying water and steam; also for drawing off the contents of a boiler, washing it out and refilling it. There are also provided, preferably, suitable vents or hoods 2% beneath which the stack of the locomotive may stand in order to permit the escape of smoke and gases to the outside of the house.

According to Figs. 6 and 7, the house 2 containing station 2 is opened at opposite sides and is connected with the tracks 3*, which may be either .sections of a belt track or two main tracks, through the medium of spurs 4 4*" connecting with the various stations 2" through the medium of branches l. House 2 will be equipped with all of the locomotive treating apparatus described in connection with Figs. 1 to 5, but it is here shown as being equipped with merely the coal supply system 11, 12, 1.8, the sand supply 14, the refuse tunnel 17, 18, and the conduit pipes. The latter are arranged in three groups, namely, group 23, 23", and 23, which may be utilized for supplying steam, water and compressed air, and for blowing off, washing out, and refilling the boiler.

I claim:

1. ln a locomotive terminal plant for railway systems, main tracks, a terminal house provided with stations for locomotives and equipped for treatment of locomotives in said stations, and spur tracks connecting both ends of each of said stations with said main tracks so that locomotives may be routed continuously from service through the terminal house and back to an assigned track without reversing.

2. In a locomotive terminal plant for railway systems, main tracks, a terminal house provided with independent stations adapt ed to receive individual locomotives and equipped with apparatus for treating locomotives occupying said stations, spur tracks connecting with said main tracks on both sides of said terminal house, and a plurality of branch tracks leading from a spur track to a plurality of the stations of the house.

In a locomotive terminal plant for railway systems, a terminal house provided with independent stations for individual locomotives and open to receive locomotives on one side and discharge them on the opposite side, a belt track surrounding said terminal house and having main track connections, and spur tracks leading to said belt track from the ends of the stations on the respective sides of the terminal house, whereby locomotives may be routed by continuous forward movement from a main track, through any station in said terminal house, and back to the main track.

4. in a locomotive terminal plant for rail way systems, a terminal house having individual stations for locomotives to be treated, a belt track surrounding said house, a branch track leadingfrom each end of each station, spurtracks on the respective sides of the house, each connecting a plurality of branch tracks with the belt track, and tracks leading to and from said belt track.

5. Ina locomotive terminal plant for railway systems, main tracks, a terminal house provided-with stations for'locomotives and equipped for treatment of locomotives in said stations, and spur tracks connecting both ends of each of said stations with said main tracks so that locomotives may be routed continuously from service through the terminal house and back to an assigned track without reversing; there being also in connection with said main tracks spur tracks for conveying materials to and from said terminal house.

6. In a locomotive terminal plant for railway systems, main tracks, a terminal house provided with stations for locomotives and equipped fortreatment of locomotives in said stations, and spur tracks connecting both ends of each of said stations with said main tracks so that locomotives may be routed continuously from service through the terminal house and back to an assigned track without reversing; there being also in connection with said main tracks spur tracks for conveying materials to and from said terminal house, and conveying apparatus for transferring materials between said last-named spur tracks and locomotives occupying said stations.

7. In a locomotive terminal for a railway system, main tracks, locomotive stations equipped for treatment of locomotives, a material station for receiving supplies for locomotives, spur tracks connecting all of said stations with the main tracks, charging apparatus associated with the respective locomotive stations, and conveying apparatus communicating between the material stations and the charging apparatus.

8. In a railway system locomotive terminal, main tracks, locomotive stations equipped for treatment of locomotives, a material station adapted to deliver locomotive refuse, spurs connecting all of said stations with said main tracks, refuse-discharging chutes associated with the respective locomotive stations, and a conveyer connecting all of said discharge chutes with said material station.

9. In a railway system locomotive terminal, main tracks, locomotive stations adapted to receive individual locomotives, a wheel house, spurs connecting said locomotive station with said main tracks, a wheel tunnel extending transversely of all the locomotive stations and communicating with said wheel house, and a wheel pit connecting the wheel tunnel with each of said locomotive stations.

10. In a railway system locomotive terminal, main tracks, locomotive stations adapt ed to receive individual locomotives, a wheel house, spurs connecting said locomotive stations with said main tracks, wheel tunnels extending transversely of all the locomotive stations and communicating with said wheel house, and front and rearwheel pits connecting the respective wheel tunnels with the locomotive stations at pointscorresponding to the location of the locomotives and their tender in said stations.

11. In alocomotive terminal for railway systems, locomotive stations having tracks adapted to receive individual locomotives, a wheel pit extending in one direction to include a plurality of said locomotivestations and in another direction to afford access to a plurality of points in the track of any of said stations; said pit having a drop table movable therein to any point of operation.

12. In a locomotive terminal for railway systems, a plurality of stations having tracks adapted to receive individual locomotives, a wheel pit beneath said stations extending transversely of all the tracks to afford access to wheels on any one track and extending the length of the combined wheel base of rolling stock occupying said tracks, and a drop table moving freely in said pit and adapted to be spotted under any point in any of the wheel bases occupying said tracks.

13. In a locomotive terminal for railway systems, a plurality of stations having tracks adapted to receive locomotives, track pits extending longitudinally of the respeotive tracks, a wheel pit extending transversely beneath said track pits, openings from the track pits to the wheel pit, and hatch doors for opening and closing said openings.

14. In a locomotive terminal for railway systems, a plurality of stations having tracks adapted to receive locomotives, track pits extending longitudinally of the tracks, a wheel pit having a dimension transversely of the stations suflicient to communicate with a plurality of said track pits and a dimension longitudinally of the tracks suflicient to adapt it to communicate with a plurality of longitudinally separated points of each track pit, and a longitudinal series of hatches in each track pit adapted to open and close communication with the wheel pit.

15. In a locomotive terminal for railway systems, a plurality of stations having tracks adapted to receive locomotives, track pits extending longitudinally of the tracks, a wheel pit having a dimension transversely of the stations sufiicient to communicate with a plurality of said track pits and a dimension longitudinally of the tracks sufiicient to adapt it to communicate wtih a plurality of longitudinally separated points of each track pit, and a longitudinal series of hatches in each track pit adapted to open and close communication w1th the wheel pit; said Wheel pit having a universally movable drop tions equipped for interchange of materials incident to the operation of the locomotives, a series of inner stations equipped for treatment of locomotives incident to restoring them to service, and a wheel pitlocated beneath and in service relation to all of said inner stations.

17. A locomotive terminal for railway systems, comprising a series of outer stations equipped for interchange of materials incident to the operation of the locomotives, a series of inner stations equipped for treatment of locomotives incident to restoring fineness them to service, and a wheel pit located beneath and in service relation to all of said innor stations, and having a drop table movable to and operable at any of a plurality of points beneath each of said inner stations.

18. In a locomotive terminal for railway systems, a series of outer stations adapted to receive individual locomotives, fire-cleaning apparatus adapted to serve all of said stations, a series of corresponding inner stations connected with the respective outer stations and a pit located beneath and in service relation to all of the stations of said inner series.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 8th day of June, 1921.

SPENCER OTIS. 

